Robert ardrey



R. ARDREY. UMBRELLA RUNNER.

(No Model.)

PatentedMay 1'7, 1892.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

/ ROBERT ARDREY, on PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR To DILLWYNWISTAR, or SAME PLACE.

UMBRELLA-RUNNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,074, dated May 1'7,1892 Application filed August 8, 1891'. Serial 110,402,145, (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT ARDREY, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inUmbrella-Runners, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecifications and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of an umbrella or parasol runner which is adaptedto be rotated on the notched collar so as to engage with pins on thestick, thus retaining the runner in the open and closed posit-ions ofthe umbrella or parasol and dispensing with the spring-catch heretoforeemployed.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of an umbrella-runnerembodyingjmy invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof.Fig. 3 represents a top or plan View thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates an umbrella-runner, and Bdesignates the notched collar thereof, the runner-tube being adapted torotate within said collar, to which the stretchers are attachable, asusual in such cases, said collar having on its inner periphery'a slot 0,with which the slot D of the runner-tube may be placed in and out ofregister,

said slot D extending entirely through the runner. In order to retainthe collar in position and permit the rotation of the runnertubetherein, there is formed on the end of the collar a flange E, whichfreely embraces the upper face of the collar at the inner peripherythereof, the runner-tube having also formed on it below the collar abead or knurl F, which freely encircles the under face of the collar atthe inner periphery thereof, so that while the runner-tube is j ournaledwithin the collar the latter is prevented from disconnection therefrom.

It will be seen that when the runner-tube is rotated or turned in onedirection the slot D thereof registers with the slot C of the collar.The umbrella, if closed, may now be opened as usual, the runner passingthe upper pin of the stick until it is above the same, when therunner-tube is rotated so that its slot D leaves the slot 0 of thecollar, thus closing the bottom of the slot of the runner and causingthe pin to engage with the bottom edge of the solid portion of .therunner, whereby the runner is locked and prevented from being lowered,the umbrella thus being held in open position.

When the umbrella is to be closed, the runner-tube is rotated so as tocause the slot thereof to register with the slot of the collar, when therunner may lower with the closing of the umbrella, the runner readilypassing the upper pin, there being no obstacle to the same in the slotD. When the runner has moved down to full extent, the tube is againrotated to close the slot D, whereby the lower pin engages with theupper edge of the solid portion of the runner, thus again locking thelatter and preventing the umbrella from being opened.

In order to limit the rotation of the runnertube in either direction theupper edge of the same is formed with a slot G, which latter receives alug or pin H on the collar, whereby when the runner-tube is rotated thewall of the slot abuts against the lug as a stop, thus preventingfurther rotation of the tube.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An umbrella-runner having a collar provided with a slot on the innerperiphery thereof and a lug, and a runner-tube which is freely rotatablein said collar, said tube having a vertical slot adapted to be placed inand out of register with the slot of the collar, and also having a slotfor engagement with said lug,

a pin on the stick being movable through the slots of said parts when inalignment, said parts all being combined substantially as described.

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, L. J ENNINGs.

